file under: not so frightful, to be honest

i used to work with marcus, a guy from barbados who told me i had problems in my body because i actually enjoyed cold weather. to him, cold basically meant anything less than 80 degrees farenheit, so i didn't really pay attention to his assessment of my wellbeing.

but it's basically true: i do indeed like cold weather. i'd rather freeze than melt any day of the week. moving further north therefore was not a problem at all. it was something to look forward to, in fact. it would be colder, for sure! and for more of the year!

thus, it is with a healthy portion of both confusion and disappointment that i relay the fact that toronto's weather of late has been downright balmy. what is up with that?

thanks to a handy new google sidebar N installed on the computer, i can see, at a quick glance, that the lows in ABQ have been consistently lower than the lows up here (despite the highs also being higher - much higher when the sun is out). i have twice now relished that moment when the temperatures equilibrate (around 1am or so last time, i think).

which is funny, because most people innocently assume new mexico to be like mexico in the weather department: a warm and sunny vacation getaway for snowbirds who can't hang. maybe with fruity drinks! with maybe a little montezuma's revenge thrown in as well.

for reals, though: my ass has been more frozen on more occassions in the 'burque (usually hoping to GOD the car warms up before i actually shiver myself to death) than anything i've experienced up here. yet. i don't think the 20 lbs. of extra blubber i'm packing these days accounts for my new tolerance to frostbite entirely.